On This Day - August 16
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Record Day
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on daily domestic revenue recorded on August 16.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Day | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Alien: Romulus | Friday | $18,083,803 | $104,311,339 |
| 2015 | Straight Outta Compton | Sunday | $16,776,345 | $161,197,785 |
| 2003 | Freddy vs. Jason | Saturday | $12,832,000 | $82,622,655 |
| 2014 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Saturday | $11,618,104 | $191,204,754 |
| 2009 | District 9 | Sunday | $10,577,398 | $115,646,235 |
| 2014 | Guardians of the Galaxy | Saturday | $10,353,882 | $333,714,112 |
| 2008 | Tropic Thunder | Saturday | $9,582,941 | $110,515,313 |
| 2013 | Lee Daniels' The Butler | Friday | $8,322,061 | $116,632,095 |
| 2019 | Good Boys | Friday | $8,314,980 | $83,140,306 |
| 2024 | Deadpool & Wolverine | Friday | $8,166,620 | $629,340,109 |
Record Opening Day
The chart below contains the top movies based on domestic opening day on August 16.
| Year | Title | Day of Week |
Opening Day |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Alien: Romulus | Friday | $18,083,803 | $104,311,339 |
| 2013 | Lee Daniels' The Butler | Friday | $8,322,061 | $116,632,095 |
| 2019 | Good Boys | Friday | $8,314,980 | $83,140,306 |
| 2013 | Kick-Ass 2 | Friday | $5,835,900 | $28,795,985 |
| 2002 | Blue Crush | Friday | $5,748,830 | $40,118,420 |
| 2019 | 47 Meters Down: Uncaged | Friday | $3,067,463 | $22,260,900 |
| 2013 | Jobs | Friday | $2,608,716 | $16,131,410 |
| 2019 | Blinded by the Light | Friday | $1,403,136 | $11,901,145 |
| 2013 | Paranoia | Friday | $1,308,413 | $7,388,654 |
| 2019 | Where’d You Go Bernadette | Friday | $1,228,197 | $9,198,356 |
Record Weekend
The chart below contains the top 10 movies based on domestic revenue recorded on a weekend where Friday, Saturday or Sunday was August 16.
| Year | Title | Weekend | Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Straight Outta Compton | $60,200,180 | $161,197,785 |
| 2024 | Alien: Romulus | $42,003,361 | $104,311,339 |
| 2009 | District 9 | $37,354,308 | $115,646,235 |
| 2003 | Freddy vs. Jason | $36,428,066 | $82,622,655 |
| 2024 | Deadpool & Wolverine | $30,003,064 | $629,340,109 |
| 2014 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | $28,523,147 | $191,204,754 |
| 2008 | Tropic Thunder | $25,812,796 | $110,515,313 |
| 2014 | Guardians of the Galaxy | $25,115,564 | $333,714,112 |
| 2013 | Lee Daniels' The Butler | $24,637,312 | $116,632,095 |
| 2024 | It Ends With Us | $23,807,130 | $147,475,341 |
Born and Died
Born on this day in history: Mae Clarke (1910, died on April 29, 1992 at the age of 81), Lois Nettleton (1927, died on January 18, 2008 at the age of 80), Ann Blyth (1927, turned 97 this year), Ann Blyth (1928, turned 96 this year), Robert Culp (1930, died on March 24, 2010 at the age of 79), Frank Gifford (1930, died on August 9, 2015 at the age of 84), Julie Newmar (1933, turned 91 this year), Pierre Richard (1934, turned 90 this year), Douglas Kirkland (1934, died on October 2, 2022 at the age of 88), Anita Gillette (1936, turned 88 this year), Lorraine Gary (1937, turned 87 this year), Carole Shelley (1939, died on August 31, 2018 at the age of 79), Billy Joe Shaver (1939, died on October 28, 2020 at the age of 81), Bruce Beresford (1940, turned 84 this year), Bob Balaban (1945, turned 79 this year), Lesley Ann Warren (1946, turned 78 this year), David Mixner (1946, died on March 12, 2024 at the age of 77), Naseeruddin Shah (1950, turned 74 this year), Marshall Manesh (1950, turned 74 this year), Reginald VelJohnson (1952, turned 72 this year), Kathie Lee Gifford (1953, turned 71 this year), Vincent Curatola (1953, turned 71 this year), James Cameron (1954, turned 70 this year), Jeff Perry (1955, turned 69 this year), Madonna (1958, turned 66 this year), Angela Bassett (1958, turned 66 this year), Timothy Hutton (1960, turned 64 this year), Elpidia Carrillo (1961, turned 63 this year), Steve Carell (1962, turned 62 this year), Christine Cavanaugh (1963, died on December 22, 2014 at the age of 51), Paul Soter (1969, turned 55 this year), Andy Milder (1969, turned 55 this year), Kate Higgins (1969, turned 55 this year), Saif Ali Khan (1970, turned 54 this year), Manisha Koirala (1970, turned 54 this year), Aasha Davis (1973, turned 51 this year), Taika Waititi (1975, turned 49 this year), Kevin Turen (1979, died on November 12, 2023 at the age of 44), Cam Gigandet (1982, turned 42 this year), Todd Haberkorn (1982, turned 42 this year), Cristin Milioti (1985, turned 39 this year), Agnes Bruckner (1985, turned 39 this year), Arden Cho (1985, turned 39 this year), Hope Olaide Wilson (1985, turned 39 this year), Shawn Pyfrom (1986, turned 38 this year), Rumer Willis (1988, turned 36 this year), Marcella Lentz-Pope (1988, turned 36 this year), Evanna Lynch (1991, turned 33 this year), Cameron Monaghan (1993, turned 31 this year), Piper Curda (1997, turned 27 this year)
Died on this day in history: Bela Lugosi (1956, at the age of 73), Pierre Brasseur (1972, at the age of 66), Elvis Presley (1977, at the age of 42), Amanda Blake (1989, at the age of 60), Stewart Granger (1993, at the age of 80), Phil Leeds (1998, at the age of 82), Jeff Corey (2002, at the age of 88), Joe Ranft (2005, at the age of 45), Anna Kashfi (2015, at the age of 80), Vera Glagoleva (2017, at the age of 61), Aretha Franklin (2018, at the age of 76), Peter Fonda (2019, at the age of 79), Richard Williams (2019, at the age of 86), Anna Quayle (2019, at the age of 86), David Blaustein (2021, at the age of 67), Michael Parkinson (2023, at the age of 88), Jerry Moss (2023, at the age of 88), aydemir akbas (2024, at the age of 88)
Note: The charts on this page are not adjusted for inflation.